1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,200 Speaker 1: So when Dave Filoney pulled me aside and whispered in 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: my ear that they're going to bring back clones in Rebels, 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: it's like I and to tell nobody. 4 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 2: Then I immediately went back and. 5 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: Called Ashley and told her, which I shouldn't have done, 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,319 Speaker 1: but I did, because it's like, what's Rex gonna do? 7 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 2: Rex is gonna tell Ahsoka what's up? 8 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,599 Speaker 3: Welcome everyone to Potter Rebellion. John Ley Brody here, your 9 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 3: friendly neighborhood moderator. Now we know you're excited to really 10 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 3: dive deep into season two Rebels, and believe me, so 11 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 3: are we. But today, instead of a recap, we have 12 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 3: a special episode for you with a very special guest. 13 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 3: And of course I'm lucky enough to be alongside what 14 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 3: I call the Rebels Big Three, starting with the Great 15 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 3: and Powerful Fearlies, Leader of our Pod, the Captain that 16 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 3: makes it happen, r QB One, the Voice of Reason, 17 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 3: Ann Harrison, Doulah, Vanessa Marshall. 18 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 4: Hey, everybody, welcome Now. 19 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 3: Ancient Egyptians worship the likes of Ices and Hathor. But 20 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 3: here at Potter Rebellion, we have our own living icon, 21 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 3: the Allen iverson a mandelor the voices of being wren Tia, 22 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 3: Sir car Hello. 23 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 4: Thank you for that. That made me feel very good. 24 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 4: Hi guys, welcome, thanks for listening. 25 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 3: And rounding out the starting lineup is a man who's 26 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 3: prettier than Princess Leah and smarter than Yoda, but like 27 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 3: Jennifer and the Block, he's still a low threat at heart. 28 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 3: The voice of Ezra Bridger Taylor Gray. 29 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 5: What's up, guys, Thanks for listening, and now it's time 30 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 5: to introduce our very special guest for today, someone who 31 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 5: is such a titan of the voiceover world that to 32 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 5: simply refer to him as a voice actor just wouldn't suffice, 33 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 5: because this man's brain and vocal cords are like the 34 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 5: ultimate orchestra that has consistently created a symphony of iconic 35 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 5: voices for the ages. 36 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 3: Have you ever seen a cartoon, alien, zombie, animal, bog 37 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 3: robot or ghost that was probably him? If you watched 38 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 3: Nickelodeon in the nineties and saw guidance from a stone 39 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 3: faced guardian and a hidden temple, that was him too. 40 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 3: And you ever wonder what a complex carbohydrates sounded like? 41 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 3: He provided that answer. He's played alongside his airness himself 42 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 3: Michael Jordan, to help take down the Monstars, and he's 43 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 3: also quite literally a one man army voicing the entire 44 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,359 Speaker 3: bad Batch all the Clone Troopers, which of course includes 45 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,119 Speaker 3: Captain Rex. Please welcome for the first hopefully many, many, 46 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 3: many many Potter Rebellion appearances, the legendary and unparalleled D 47 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 3: Bradley Baker. 48 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 2: That but thank you, thank you very much. 49 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: Hi everybody, Hello, Hi d D. 50 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 6: Not over a platter of steak. 51 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 4: I know, I was thinking I'm a little hungry for 52 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:40,359 Speaker 4: you too. 53 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, we're starting to get we're more used to each 54 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,959 Speaker 1: other in three dimensions, still not in two dimensions. 55 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 4: It's true. We're so thrilled to have you on. Thank you. 56 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 6: Yeah, I like we do a little research here. I 57 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 6: was looking. 58 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 7: I always knew this, but you're in everything ever, Like 59 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 7: I've always talked you as like a pillar to other 60 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 7: actors and the voice acting world, and everyone knows that. 61 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 7: But it blew my own mind. That was already mind 62 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 7: blown knowing what you've done. It's unbelievable. 63 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 2: Thanks. 64 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 7: Yeah, yes, there's no question except for thank you for 65 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 7: coming on the show. 66 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 2: Of course, it's my pleasure. 67 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: I mean this, this was a really special show and 68 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: a special cast and one of the very last ensembles 69 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,799 Speaker 1: that I'll probably ever work in as a voice actor. 70 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: You guys, I mean, it's such an interesting show from 71 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: a lot of different angles where you know, it was 72 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: the launch of Disney owning the franchise and starting anew 73 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: and afresh, and it was kind of you know, touch 74 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: and go fear about how this is going to go. 75 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: Of course, it went beautifully beyond anyone's expectations, I think, 76 00:03:55,760 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: but it was also more than just a beautifully produced, cast, written, 77 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: directed show that really fulfills what's the best of what 78 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: Star Wars can be. But it was also at the 79 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: end of this era of what voiceovers used to be, 80 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: which was an ensemble where the whole cast gets together 81 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: and gets to do the show. And that was a 82 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: very precious thing. I think it's part of why we 83 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: as a cast are still connected and why we still 84 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: have this drive to get together and and and to 85 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: be together as a cast again, because you get into 86 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: that into acting because of that, you know, we like 87 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: to collaborate with storytelling and that's a three dimensional thing 88 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: and that's what voiceovers used to be. 89 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 2: But unfortunately, for the most part. 90 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: That's gone with the win since COVID, But this show 91 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: is very much part of that, the end of that 92 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: legacy of what of our pocket of entertainment, which was 93 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 1: the ensemble record. And in this instance, it was just 94 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 1: such a such a favorable constellation of circumstances that made 95 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,119 Speaker 1: this show such an outstanding show. 96 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 2: I I just watched. 97 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: I just watched the two episodes where they brought back uh, 98 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: the old Clones and and and I was really struck 99 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: just by what great storytelling and and and I mean 100 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: all around. 101 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 2: It's so good that you you you almost don't even 102 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 2: notice it how good it is. 103 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 1: It's it's the way that they what they do visually 104 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: in terms of how they move the story along, the 105 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 1: references to other movies and things. 106 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 2: I mean, they're like, there's Jaws. 107 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: There's a lot of Jaws in this the slinging for 108 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: Jupa's episode. But it's just it's just such great fun 109 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: to uh, to dig back into that and to reconnect 110 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: with you guys here. 111 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 2: It's it's a it's a real treat. 112 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 4: For me, it's a treat for us too. 113 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 2: I'll stop talking now. 114 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 4: I just like, no, please don't. That's why we want. 115 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 3: This is your episode, D. So if anything, if we 116 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 3: can get the one man D Bradley Maker show, no 117 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 3: one's gonna be okay. 118 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 6: I can start with a question that I've always been here. 119 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 7: I find you to be one of the coolest, sweetest, 120 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 7: most talented people, and I've always been curious what got 121 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 7: you started knowing you studied philosophy right. 122 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 6: In school and then you. 123 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 7: Obviously then had such a perfect acting for What brought 124 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 7: you to acting? 125 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 2: Acting? I started. 126 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: I started when they said you want an audition for 127 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: this musical in second grade. It was Oliver Twisted in 128 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 1: my school and I made I booked Oliver booked it. 129 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 1: I wouldn't call it booked it. 130 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 4: You cast as. 131 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 1: And and you know, off and on. I would do 132 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: plays and musicals when I was a kid, and I 133 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: just like doing it. 134 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 2: I think it. 135 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: I think acting for me gave me a sense of 136 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: community and connection. And it was also as a kid 137 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 1: doing theater where for the most part, no money was 138 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: involved whatsoever. 139 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 2: It was just done for the enjoyment, which is. 140 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 1: Really how it should all start. 141 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 2: That I. 142 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: Not only got a connection to people, and I think 143 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: maybe an acceptance and there's kind of the acceptance from 144 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: the audience. That's really gratifying. But you also, as a kid, 145 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: you learn a lot about other humans who are older 146 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: than you and how the world works. And I don't 147 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: think there's any other I think there's anything else a 148 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: kid can do where they are on the same level 149 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: of expectation and importance and responsibility and value as an 150 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: adult or as twenty year old's or you know, as 151 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: a ninety year old or whatever is. 152 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 2: Everybody in a show. 153 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: Is equally valued and equally important, no matter what's the 154 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: size of your role. That's part of the ethic that 155 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: you learn in doing theater. And so I think from 156 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: all of that, I got a lot out of it, 157 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: and so I just kept doing it. But it was 158 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: always something for me, uh, you know, live performing, whether 159 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: it's singing in a choir or doing a play or musical, 160 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: and then and then later kind of branching out into 161 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: you know, open mic nights in college and stand up comedy, 162 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: improv summer Shakespeare, children's theater, singing telegrams, theme parks. You know, 163 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: it's like this is all fun to me. And then 164 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: some of it paid and then some of it didn't. 165 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: But I just would keep doing it if it was fun, 166 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 1: and it gradually narrowed down into voice acting because I 167 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: didn't I really wasn't angling to be an actor per se. 168 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: I didn't think I was that kind of a creature 169 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: at all, and I certainly didn't know anything about voice acting. 170 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 1: And I liked doing I liked improv, and I liked 171 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: live kind of more entertainer type performing comedy and stand 172 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:54,319 Speaker 1: up and that kind of stuff. And there's a flexibility 173 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: that voice acting calls for, and a lot of improv 174 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: is very important to have those antenna up and running. 175 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 2: And so. 176 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: Anyway, I was messing around with this kind of stuff 177 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: in college. But also it's like I'm going to study something. 178 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: It's like, oh, I think philosophy is cool. It's like, 179 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: it's like, what are you talking about. I'm like, yeah, 180 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: I like it. I think it's I think it's interesting, 181 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: it's cool. 182 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 2: I still do. 183 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: I was like, I'm sitting around reading books on nietzche 184 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: The this past month. 185 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 2: Just because I like it. 186 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: But it was never I never really pursued any of 187 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 1: this with a goal or let alone a career or 188 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: money in mind. 189 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 2: Ever, It's never ever been that. 190 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,680 Speaker 1: It's always just been doing what I like to do, 191 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: and then you know, maybe favoring it if I can 192 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 1: get paid for it. But still I'm still just doing 193 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: stuff I like to do, and sometimes, you know, for 194 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: no money at all, because I think it's important to 195 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: remain an amateur. I think, I think if you're an artist, 196 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: even a professional artist, you can't let money or success 197 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 1: eclips the artist heart that you started with and you've 198 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 1: got to keep that burning and alive somehow. And so 199 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: I'm still I'm still just kind of living that that 200 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: kind of curiosity of creativity and social storytelling and so yeah. 201 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 1: So the shorter version is I just kind of stumbled 202 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: into voice acting over a period of about thirty years, 203 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: and then I said it's going to be voice acting 204 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: because it's more fun than on camera. I don't have 205 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: to memorize lines, I don't have to sit in the 206 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: trailer all day. It's air conditioned, and it's great variety, 207 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: and you can do it for a much longer period 208 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: of time, whereas with on camera, you know, you're you're 209 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: kind of tied to what you got, you know, unless 210 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 1: you're Andy serkis. 211 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 4: Right, that's so cool. 212 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 3: Thank you for sharing all that, Dan, that's so insightful 213 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 3: and so important for people to remember to be the 214 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 3: eternal student, like you're never done learning and you're never 215 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 3: finished with that sort of education. And I think it's 216 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 3: fitting that you're reading Nietzschee because you know, from the 217 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 3: noble philosopher to you being a noble soldier like Captain Rex. 218 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 3: I think it's all very fitting there. But I want 219 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 3: to take it back a little bit because we had 220 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 3: askually xstein on here a few weeks back, and she 221 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 3: had talked about how shocked everyone was obviously when Rebels 222 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 3: Notels Clone Wars abruptly ended, you know, And so can 223 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 3: you walk me back to when you get the call that, okay, 224 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 3: Captain Rex is coming back, you're going to be on 225 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 3: rebels and tie that into meeting these three wonderful humans 226 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 3: and what And I want to hear the four of 227 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 3: you talk about what it was like for that first 228 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,199 Speaker 3: meeting and getting that ensemble started that you know, do 229 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 3: you alluded to that's so valuable? 230 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: Well, let's see, I mean I was originally doing a 231 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: minor character Constantine in Rebels up front, and they'd sprinkle 232 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: me in there, but there were no clones and no 233 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,079 Speaker 1: talk of any clones and it was always it is 234 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: always said that the pipeline, the creative pipeline, is smashed. 235 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: We cannot put it back together. There's no reassembling Frankenstein. 236 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: It's not coming back, no Clone Wars. And it's like, 237 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 1: that's really sick ad I everyone really wanted. It's like, 238 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 1: we recorded two seasons that weren't even animated, which included 239 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: the Bad Batch actually the original Bad Batch arc. And 240 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: so when Dave Filoney pulled me aside and whispered in 241 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 1: my ear that that they're going to bring back clones 242 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 1: in in in Rebels, it's like, I and and to 243 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: tell nobody. 244 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 2: Then I immediately went back and called Ashley told her. 245 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: Which I shouldn't have done, but I did, because like, 246 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: what's Rex gonna do? 247 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 2: Rex is gonna tell Ahsoka what's up? So uh so. 248 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: Yeah so so then so then uh, season two comes 249 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 1: around happily, uh Disney. 250 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 2: I think they assembled a. 251 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 1: Viable and and really competent creative engine for this new start, 252 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: this new beginning, this new hope for animated Star Wars, 253 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 1: and it was going very well, and they get picked 254 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: up for another seasons back when the seasons were like 255 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: twenty two episodes by the way, which is like that 256 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:07,079 Speaker 1: doesn't happen anymore either. And yeah, so we're going to 257 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: go back in after we've dealt with a really fantastic 258 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: kind of rapaccory type Darth Vader in the first two episodes, 259 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: which are just amazingly good. 260 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 2: It's so great. 261 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: And so we're back with clones and so and it's like, oh, 262 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: but they're older clones now, and one Gregor, we want 263 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 1: to take him a different direction. Gregor had an arc 264 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: back in the Clone Wars and then he get you know, 265 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: there's a big explosion. You think he's dead, but you're 266 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,599 Speaker 1: not sure, but he's back and and and Dave and 267 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:43,440 Speaker 1: the writers wanted to adjust his personality and so so 268 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 1: here I am with this wonderful cast, uh, and we're 269 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: going to go on missions now, and I have to 270 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:49,079 Speaker 1: come up with. 271 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 2: This kind of this this this. 272 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: Clone that we already know, but now he's older and 273 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 1: he's kind of he's a little off, a little excuse. 274 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,079 Speaker 2: So I was I was very insecure about that, but 275 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 2: I think it. 276 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 1: I think it worked, and it was it added kind 277 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: of a little bit of levity and I think, uh, 278 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: a little bit of goofiness actually to it. 279 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 2: That that was kind of nice to add to the action. 280 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 2: But it was great. 281 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I was already kind of I felt kind 282 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 1: of a side character in the cast, not not one 283 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: of the main principles, and not really the central story 284 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: that's playing out, which is fine. I'm I'm I'm happy 285 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: just to do three lines and to and. 286 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 2: To watch the others do all the hard the heavy lifting. 287 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: But but what a thrill to to to to bring 288 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: back the old Lions and to get it, let them 289 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: out of their cage and and release them back out 290 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: into the galaxy again, and and and what a what 291 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: a ride, and and and what a what a culmination 292 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: of storytelling the show ended up being. I I was 293 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: so I was so thrilled to to to to be 294 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 1: able to to ride along and to help out with 295 00:14:59,080 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: all of that. 296 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 2: It was really really very exciting. 297 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: And I I mean, I just I just watched the 298 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: two episodes where Rex and the Boys are are back, 299 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: and then I had to go back and watch the 300 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: first episode of Bad Batch because it's it's it's like, well, 301 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 1: Canaan is really working through a lot of stuff here, 302 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: and this is part of the beginning of the Bad Batch. 303 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: We need to go back a little further and I 304 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: want to watch that again. So it's very interesting to 305 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: see because he's really pumping the brakes on these clones, 306 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: and he's got a lot of issues going on, which 307 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: we all know about now having seen that first episode 308 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: of the Bad Batches, like what what actually went down 309 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: on how that played out? So uh, I mean it's interesting. 310 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: I just how how how well written and well connected 311 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: all these stories are. 312 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 2: Going. I just can't shut up. I'm sorry, No, this 313 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 2: is why you're here. 314 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 4: I'm thrilled to hear your insight. 315 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 8: I'll never forget that star celebration when they played the 316 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 8: trailer for the new season and your character came on 317 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 8: and the entire building just went nuts. And I rewatched 318 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 8: those as well, and I wish you could see me. 319 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 8: It was like Christmas. 320 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 4: I was like. 321 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 8: Over and like with every line. I was so all 322 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 8: of it worked, all of it. But as a Clone 323 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 8: Wars fan, for me personally, your return in this world 324 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 8: in terms of your history with Ahska, it was so 325 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 8: enriching and pleasing and satisfying and just uplifting. And I 326 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 8: will never forget that celebration. It was so special. 327 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was exciting and it was. I mean, they 328 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 2: the fans were nuts. 329 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: They so wanted that, they wanted that reunion and it's like, 330 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 1: bring those old dudes back and let's let's go. 331 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 4: That was such a cool moment. I mean it's been 332 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 4: years and years and I have the memory of an 333 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 4: amni jiak, but I remembered that moment vividly. Like the 334 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 4: electricity from the crowd, I mean the crowd and the 335 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 4: crowd went wild is like an understatement. It was just 336 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 4: like it was like pandemonium. It was. It was so 337 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 4: thrilling and such a treat to see how delighted and 338 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 4: excited the fans were rightfully, so, you know, it was 339 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 4: that was a really special moment. 340 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 1: It's a real testimony, I think, just to how beautifully 341 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 1: written these shows are and how beautifully made and crafted 342 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: the storytelling is. It's there's just no there's no fat 343 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: left on that chicken. 344 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 2: You know, it's just that's a weird before. 345 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 4: I like it. 346 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 3: I think. 347 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:54,199 Speaker 1: Brought that one out, okay, but it's you know that 348 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: it's it's so striking to me is the it's the 349 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: economy of storytelling that the television format imposes that really 350 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: benefits the story. It really benefits the show creators just 351 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:10,359 Speaker 1: to move that story along to make it clear. 352 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 2: Uh, sometimes it. 353 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 1: Moves a little it's almost a little too nimble in 354 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: how it passes because often, you know, like for me personally, 355 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,439 Speaker 1: it's like I want to hang on to this establishing 356 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: shot for like another twenty seconds and just look at 357 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 1: this world or or this spaceship. 358 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 2: Usually. 359 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 1: That's one thing that always strikes me about Star Wars 360 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: is that, like, like no other franchise of anything I've 361 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: ever seen, is like I want to look at that ship. 362 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: That is every time. It's like, you never it's like, 363 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: that's just a space show. It's like, look at that ship, 364 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: look at look at all the look at how it functions. 365 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: And it's like that looks really beautifully real. And just 366 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 1: the attention attention to details like that and the lighting 367 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: and and and and and how the music weaves in 368 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: in such a cinematic way. It's just it's so impressive 369 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: to me. And and so this is beautiful, kind of perfected, 370 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 1: polished jewel of a story that you know, it's just 371 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 1: it's it's irresistibly good, and it just kind of is 372 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: this everlasting gobstopper of an experience that people just they 373 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:28,879 Speaker 1: just can't leave because it's it's so beautiful and so good. 374 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:31,919 Speaker 4: Yeah, I have a question for you, D. I have 375 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 4: a lot of questions for you. But when we were 376 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 4: just talking about that moment at celebration, obviously you know 377 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 4: the Clones and specifically Captain Rex are so beloved by 378 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 4: Star Wars fans. Clone Wars fans, Rebels fans, it's bad 379 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 4: Batch fans Star Wars fans. And I'm curious. You know, 380 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 4: you are prolific. Anyone that feels like looking up D's 381 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 4: IMDb page, I incoura you to do so if you have, 382 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 4: it'll take you a minute. Yeah, but I'm curious, and please, 383 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 4: you know, don't be modest and also speak freely. But uh, like, 384 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 4: what other fandoms are you a part of or you know, 385 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 4: like you've played. I was gonna say hundreds, but now 386 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 4: I think about it, Probably thousands of characters, right, wouldn't 387 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 4: you say that? 388 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: Probably so if you count all every all of them. Yeah, yeah, 389 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:32,879 Speaker 1: it's a delivery guy or whatever. 390 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, so thousands out of thousands of voices, thousands of characters. Uh, 391 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 4: do you does anything rival? I guess I should say, 392 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 4: like the the how the fans feel about those, these characters, 393 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:54,400 Speaker 4: the Clones maybe specifically Captain Rags, all of them. 394 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 6: Really. 395 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, for my for me, with all that I've 396 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:02,120 Speaker 1: ever done, I mean, the the two projects to talk 397 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: about which you're which are both Dave Filoni projects, uh, 398 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: would be Avatar the Last Airbender and and the Star 399 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 1: Wars stuff. Those those are both universes that are fully 400 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:20,120 Speaker 1: fleshed out, beautifully written, utterly unique, and that speak. 401 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 2: Of the to the human experience in a way. 402 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: That's that's fun, that's affecting, that's heartbreaking, that's that's insightful. 403 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,119 Speaker 1: With characters that are you know, that you feel, that 404 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: you know and that you relate to, whose story arcs 405 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 1: that the fans deeply connect into, you can find that 406 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: in in in many realms where you may not even 407 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 1: think that's what that that people would get that deeply 408 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 1: affected by it, you know, like my Little Pony or 409 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,719 Speaker 1: something like that, But but they do. They they do 410 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:56,360 Speaker 1: in all realms. So I'm not just saying that these 411 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: are the only ones for everyone, but but for me 412 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: personally and from what I see and from what I 413 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:07,360 Speaker 1: have done, that it would be the Star Wars universe 414 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 1: and then the Last Airbender universe where the fans are 415 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: they're deeply loyal and and and these shows really speak 416 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 1: to their lives in a way that. 417 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:23,160 Speaker 2: Stand out. 418 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean that those are the two shows 419 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: for me that I'll just I'll never be in something 420 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 1: better than those. Possibly something is good, but I don't 421 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 1: think I'll be in anything better than that. 422 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 2: I don't. I think that's kind of the high bar. 423 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 7: Well, I single handedly will be the whole fandom for 424 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 7: Space Jam for you, because I must have seen that 425 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 7: movie last time we were at dinner and you said that. 426 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:48,879 Speaker 7: I remember it like blew in my mind. I've missed everything. 427 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 7: It took me a second right now of realize you're 428 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 7: not taking the Blue James Cameron Avatar. 429 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 2: Right, no, no, no, no, yeah, see, I missed it all. 430 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,400 Speaker 6: Space Jam dude, one hundred out of ten. 431 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 2: Let laugh at that duck. 432 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 7: Oh my god, I mean, Michael Jordan, it's the goat 433 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,680 Speaker 7: you got to do. That was like a religion for 434 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 7: my brother and I growing up. 435 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was a that was a fun. 436 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,120 Speaker 1: Kind of a freak out of a movie that they 437 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 1: from from like the moment that they said let's make 438 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: this movie to the moment that it opened was about 439 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,359 Speaker 1: a year and a half, which, if you're familiar with 440 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 1: making that kind of a movie, is insane. 441 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 2: And and and and. 442 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 1: It was only because, I think because Ivan Reightman was 443 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: at the Helm and he had the connections and the 444 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 1: wherewithal in Hollywood to kind of push that over the 445 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:48,920 Speaker 1: finish line so so that the merchandise and target would 446 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 1: flow by holiday time. But but yeah, that was That's 447 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: a fun one to go back to. Is still basically 448 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:01,920 Speaker 1: works for the most part, very well. Kind of against 449 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: all odds that that was. That was quite the worldwide 450 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: the worldwide scramble to to get that one finished. But uh, 451 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: but that was early in my career and I was 452 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 1: all button eyed, and you know, a young idiot. 453 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 2: I'm an older idiot, and you know, it's just you. You. 454 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,920 Speaker 1: If you've got talent and luck, then you might bump 455 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: into a unicorn that you get to ride around the 456 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 1: block every once in a while. And that was that 457 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 1: was definitely one. 458 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a great because I grew up in Chicago, 459 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,959 Speaker 3: and you know, I saw a lot of the nineties 460 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 3: bulls firsthand. I got to meet Michael Jordan when I 461 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 3: was thirteen, and the phenomena of that we'll just never 462 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 3: see again for a variety of factors that I you know, 463 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 3: you know, just because if it really wasn't lightning in 464 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 3: a bottle like that kind of fame, and you know, 465 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:57,959 Speaker 3: because he was literally the most famous person on the planet, 466 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,159 Speaker 3: not just the best best athlete, like he was the 467 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 3: most famous human being, like the entire universe, which was 468 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 3: such a phenomena. You don't see that really much anymore. 469 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 3: But my question is because you know, obviously the legend 470 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 3: mel Blank, fellow legend, you're a legend in mel blank 471 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 3: like he was known to really do Daffy Duck? So 472 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 3: when how did that role come about? And you know, 473 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 3: how do you go about taking on a role like 474 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 3: Daffy Duck which people know what Daffy Duck looks like, 475 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 3: they know what he sounds like, and I would imagine 476 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 3: it goes beyond just imitating, like how did you find 477 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,959 Speaker 3: your Daffy Duck through your channels? 478 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: Well, I think my basic constitution, for better or for 479 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:43,239 Speaker 1: worse is is pretty close to Daffy Duck. I mean, 480 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: I'm not a part of me that I would call 481 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 1: benevolent chaos, and then another part of me and it's 482 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: like a megalamaniacal, deluded, ridiculous person. And I have that 483 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: with in me, that's right at the surface to begin with. 484 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: Then my, my, my flavor of being an actor or 485 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: a performer or entertainer is very improvisational and and and 486 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: and when you're young and ignorant, you're not afraid. And 487 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 1: I was that coming into this. I didn't really have 488 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 1: much of a resume in Hollywood, but I had good 489 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 1: improv experience and I could lock into this character. I 490 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: might have tried Bugs Bunny, but I don't think I 491 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 1: have the the worldly moxie to really do Bugs Bunny. 492 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 2: But Daffy Duck that one felt right. 493 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 1: And so, you know, just like with anything in Hollywood, 494 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,919 Speaker 1: you're you're throwing some audition and it's it could be 495 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: anything from this is nothing, I don't even know what 496 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,199 Speaker 1: this is to this is the biggest thing in the 497 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 1: world that's come and you don't even have a chance, 498 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 1: but you know why not. And so so I came 499 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: into it, as I said, I wasn't afraid. And it 500 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,360 Speaker 1: seemed clear from the auditions that they were open to. 501 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:18,880 Speaker 2: Kind of a looser. 502 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 1: Audition and improvising and having fun with it, which they should, 503 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:30,159 Speaker 1: because if you're just if you're just replicating, it's flat. 504 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 2: And they didn't want flat. 505 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 1: They didn't want what they had at the time, which 506 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 1: was not It did not have that deviant brilliance that 507 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: that you associate with with Looney Tunes, with with like 508 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 1: Chuck Jones, like the best of the best Looney Tunes. 509 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 1: So Ivan Rightman, who is a friend of comedy and 510 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: knows that good comedians and good improv can can not 511 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: only write help write his story or his movie, but 512 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: can solve the ending that may not exist. That they 513 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: were open to anybody who could just kind of bring 514 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:11,439 Speaker 1: that character to life. And so I just started listening 515 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: to a lot of Daffy, a lot of mel Blanc, 516 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: and just kind of doing my version of it until 517 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 1: they finally said you're the one, which again I didn't 518 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 1: know enough to be intimidated or frightened, which was an advantage, 519 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: it turns out, because you know, sometimes the more you know, 520 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,919 Speaker 1: the worse it is, because you start setting up boundaries 521 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 1: and you're afraid of stepping on toes, or you get 522 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 1: afraid of if it's this kind of daffy or that 523 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 1: kind of daffy, and I didn't really, I really wasn't 524 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 1: encumbered by that kind of fear, and and you know, 525 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: and I was young, and there's a there's a youthfulness 526 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: to Daffy that I used to have, and and so 527 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: it all just kind of came together. 528 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 2: I was very lucky and happily. 529 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 1: Ivan Rerightman wanted a fresh, fun take on these characters. 530 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 1: He didn't want staid and old and what they already have, 531 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 1: or just hire the people that you normally hire, which 532 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 1: is there's a lot of pressure to do that in 533 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 1: a corporate situation, especially when you have a corporate figurehead 534 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,240 Speaker 1: like the Looney Tunes characters, where they want to use 535 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 1: the people that they have been using, and then there's 536 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 1: a corporate consistency to it and all of that. And 537 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: you know, Looney Tunes is just like not is very 538 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 1: non corporate if it's done right. 539 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for that. 540 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 2: How did you What was. 541 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:41,239 Speaker 4: The recording for that? 542 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 8: Like? 543 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 4: Were you in a booth by yourself? 544 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 2: No? No, Ivan Rightman would have us. 545 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 1: We'd be in the sound studio studio together, it'd be 546 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: the ensemble there and then often we would just riff 547 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: on lines. Most of the laugh lines in space jam 548 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: we improvised, you know that they were not in the script. 549 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,280 Speaker 1: But that's your job, you know, as a comedian, as 550 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 1: a performer, as an improviser, is you want to make 551 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,600 Speaker 1: this as good as it can be. And so every 552 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: run is like a little experiment at what you can 553 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: how you can spin this, how you can have fun 554 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 1: with this, how you can fulfill the story, the or 555 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 1: the beat, and Ivan Rightman was very open to that, 556 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 1: and it was it was a very odd process because 557 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 1: we would do our thing and they would animate it, 558 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 1: and then he, because he comes from on camera feature, 559 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 1: wants to go back in and like adjust this line 560 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:33,920 Speaker 1: a little bit, or he wants to go a do 561 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: a reshoot. But when you do that with animation, you 562 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 1: have to re record it. Then you have to reanimate it, 563 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 1: which takes weeks or months to do. And so you 564 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: kind of had this giant, you know, project that much 565 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: of it which was animation, that was being run by 566 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 1: someone who's not an animation guy. As it was put 567 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 1: to me. In in on camera you shoot it first, 568 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:03,520 Speaker 1: then you edit it. In animation, you edit it first, 569 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: then you shoot it. And so it's the whole process 570 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: was very fraught in terms of just getting the thing done. 571 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 1: So it's kind of a miracle that it came out. Well, 572 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,560 Speaker 1: first of all, they finished it, but the second of 573 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 1: all it it was as good as it was just 574 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 1: because of this of this, you know, this this crazy 575 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: process of of of of micro tweaking and fixing uh 576 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:35,720 Speaker 1: animation animation lines, uh, which they can do on South 577 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 1: Park now, of course, but that this ain't. This ain't 578 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 1: South Park like full animation with this kind of Roger 579 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 1: Rabbit dynamic of live action. 580 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 2: Plus it's I mean it's crazy, crazy, difficult. 581 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, and the textil holds up and everything too. I 582 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:51,200 Speaker 3: actually watched it last week. 583 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. 584 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I want to go back to something, uh, because 585 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 3: you were talking about the fandom and and I love 586 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,200 Speaker 3: hearing all insight on that because we uncover a little 587 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 3: bit more week after week after week. But I want 588 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:04,680 Speaker 3: to go back to some of that Vanessa said, like literally, 589 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 3: I think the first episode of the podcast where it 590 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 3: was something d that you said to Vanessa and Vanessa 591 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,840 Speaker 3: you can elaborate on this where you told Vanessa and 592 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 3: I'm paraphrasing, like welcome to like a different chapter for 593 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:15,920 Speaker 3: like welcome to the rest of your life sort of 594 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 3: thing could you too, Like I know we've been wanting 595 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:19,400 Speaker 3: to kind of peel back the curtain on that, Vanessa, 596 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:20,960 Speaker 3: and we've sidebared on it. I'd love for you to 597 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:25,000 Speaker 3: talk about that moment and also, Vanessa, for you like 598 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 3: when like it's one thing hearing the words, but when 599 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 3: did you actually like actually see like oh wow, like 600 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 3: he told me this, but I couldn't have never anticipated 601 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 3: it was actually this. 602 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 8: Well, it's interesting. Dee and I have worked on a 603 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:41,160 Speaker 8: number of things together. I believe Spectacular Spider Man was one, 604 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 8: and were you in Young Justice as well. 605 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,080 Speaker 2: I believe you did some stuff in that, but I 606 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 2: can't tell you what I did. But I too, Guy. 607 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:55,240 Speaker 8: No, we had been sort of in other sort of 608 00:32:55,320 --> 00:33:01,400 Speaker 8: ensemble situations, and I obviously I'm a huge fan of 609 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 8: the Clone Wars, but I remember when the Clone Wars 610 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 8: sort of abruptly ended. That was like a moment of silence, 611 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:11,480 Speaker 8: and then this Rebels thing started launching, and I think 612 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 8: you were still in the phase where you weren't sure 613 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 8: what your involvement was quite yet in it, Like we 614 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 8: didn't know that Rex was coming back yet. And I 615 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 8: remember I think we were at some outside studio and 616 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 8: you said welcome to the first day of the rest 617 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:30,920 Speaker 8: of your life, something along those lines, that this is 618 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 8: a very impactful like you said, this is a unicorn 619 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,280 Speaker 8: that you get to ride around the block, This is 620 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:40,480 Speaker 8: a huge deal, and that you will never be the 621 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:45,120 Speaker 8: same because of the storytelling, because of the Star Wars fandom, 622 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:50,160 Speaker 8: because of how much everything you've just said previous to this. 623 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:51,400 Speaker 4: How. 624 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,520 Speaker 8: Wonderful it is to be a part of such great 625 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 8: storytelling essentially, And I think, when did I I don't 626 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 8: know if you even remember uttering, but do you at all? 627 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:02,200 Speaker 4: Or no? 628 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I said something like you're something like 629 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 1: you know you're about to get on a train that's 630 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:14,680 Speaker 1: just never going to stop rolling. It's you're on it 631 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,319 Speaker 1: for life. You're riding that the Star Wars train. 632 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,640 Speaker 8: Well, when I think when I was at Star Wars 633 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:26,439 Speaker 8: Celebrated or no Star Wars Weekends, and Peter Mayhew was there, 634 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:32,239 Speaker 8: and my first action figure was Chewy, And I've said 635 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:33,879 Speaker 8: this before, I couldn't look him in the eye because 636 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 8: I kept seeing Chewy's eyes and I didn't know if 637 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,960 Speaker 8: I was cried. I didn't know what it was going 638 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:39,520 Speaker 8: to do, so I just tried to act normal and 639 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,880 Speaker 8: walk away which in turn was almost dismissive and rude. 640 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,399 Speaker 8: So then I decided to confront my fears. And he's 641 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:50,360 Speaker 8: a lovely human and his whole family as well. But 642 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:53,240 Speaker 8: it was his birthday and they had made a millennium 643 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 8: falcon birthday cake for him that they wheeled out at 644 00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:00,680 Speaker 8: the end. James Arnold Taylor was host this thing, and 645 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:05,279 Speaker 8: we all got mouse ears and Peter walked for the 646 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:08,440 Speaker 8: first time up to the cake to blow his candles out, 647 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:11,440 Speaker 8: and I still get so emotional. I was just like, 648 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,560 Speaker 8: what is happening like? I needed a moment, you know 649 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 8: what I mean that for me? I mean I don't 650 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,319 Speaker 8: know about a train that keeps going. But I must 651 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,480 Speaker 8: tell you, as a little girl who played with a 652 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,680 Speaker 8: chewy figure, to see this man who had had surgery 653 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,799 Speaker 8: to be able to participate in the film that they 654 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 8: were subsequently releasing, this was This was huge And I'm 655 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,959 Speaker 8: cold chilling backstage eating a millennium falcon cake with Peter 656 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:37,920 Speaker 8: Mayhew's family. 657 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 4: What is happening like? 658 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:43,400 Speaker 8: This was a moment for me where you know, you 659 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,719 Speaker 8: have those like existential Ito was reading Nietzsche, you know, 660 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,279 Speaker 8: last week, but also as a teenager where you think like, 661 00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,000 Speaker 8: what is this about? What does this even mean? And 662 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 8: then you kind of hang in there, and then you 663 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:59,839 Speaker 8: get these unicorn moments and suddenly it was all worth 664 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:02,759 Speaker 8: it to kind of hate in there. For that very 665 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 8: moment I felt the weight of that. That was the 666 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,480 Speaker 8: first profound moment. There were many since then, but that 667 00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:14,920 Speaker 8: was the biggest sort of explosive moment for me in 668 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:18,080 Speaker 8: terms of understanding what you meant that this was different. 669 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,800 Speaker 1: It's very unique. I mean, Star Wars. Star Wars is 670 00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,800 Speaker 1: a very unique thing, and and there's a lot of 671 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:26,880 Speaker 1: other universes that or mythologies or whatever you want to 672 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:30,759 Speaker 1: call them, that that people really kind of build into 673 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 1: their lives or they build their lives around. But I 674 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:38,279 Speaker 1: don't know if anything really I mean, you know, Star Trek, 675 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,160 Speaker 1: Harry Potter, et cetera. 676 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:42,880 Speaker 2: Even the airport of the Rings. 677 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:47,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, but I don't know, I don't know. I 678 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:50,239 Speaker 1: don't know what to compare Star Wars to. And it's 679 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,480 Speaker 1: it's just wonderful to be to be part of an 680 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:57,560 Speaker 1: iteration of that that's just so so vital and successful 681 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:03,120 Speaker 1: and satisfying, meaningful to to so many people, to so 682 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:06,480 Speaker 1: many kinds of people. You know, it's not just you know, 683 00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:11,560 Speaker 1: teenage boys or or you know whatever. But but it's 684 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:15,239 Speaker 1: like this is a broad range that that touches from 685 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:19,160 Speaker 1: young all the way to very old, and it's it's 686 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:22,400 Speaker 1: a beautiful thing to to to be able to as 687 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:28,840 Speaker 1: a voice hacked, or to to be able to enjoy 688 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:34,600 Speaker 1: that affirmation firsthand at conventions nowadays, but but as a 689 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,600 Speaker 1: cast still and to still have that connection that that 690 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,520 Speaker 1: we've got to having worked on it and to know 691 00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:41,320 Speaker 1: each other like this, because like I'm saying, it's like 692 00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:45,000 Speaker 1: if they you know, they any shows that they do 693 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,640 Speaker 1: now or in any universe, it's mostly going to be 694 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:51,880 Speaker 1: recorded remotely and separate, and you're not going to have 695 00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:56,359 Speaker 1: this kind of connection as as a cast unfortunately. 696 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:02,600 Speaker 4: I remember another time when we were up at the ranch. 697 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,200 Speaker 4: We had all gone up there and. 698 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:10,320 Speaker 8: Uh, we had acquired I think what you called victuals. 699 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:14,520 Speaker 2: We had snacks and uh, I like old time words 700 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:14,879 Speaker 2: like that. 701 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,800 Speaker 8: I love vittles, yes, but we were having a grand 702 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:21,040 Speaker 8: old time up there and we didn't finish all the 703 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,719 Speaker 8: vittles and we hid a bottle of I think it 704 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:28,239 Speaker 8: was bourbon, but the we that hit. 705 00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:29,120 Speaker 4: It was deep. 706 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:35,000 Speaker 8: And we need to like return to you know, see 707 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,600 Speaker 8: if that's still there, or or perhaps someone else had 708 00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:40,840 Speaker 8: a great weekend. But I remember going to the airport. 709 00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:46,600 Speaker 8: You had just found out about the possibility of things, 710 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:51,400 Speaker 8: and I was within earshot of that conversation, and that 711 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:55,000 Speaker 8: was that was one heck of a ride home. Yeah, 712 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:57,160 Speaker 8: I think we were going over like the Golden Gate 713 00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:00,439 Speaker 8: Bridge and I just was like, thank you God. 714 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,439 Speaker 4: I was so happy. 715 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,719 Speaker 8: I mean, it was like a brand new world, like, 716 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,040 Speaker 8: oh that just that's a dream come true for and 717 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,160 Speaker 8: and who could ever conceive I mean, you had already 718 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:12,600 Speaker 8: recorded that that arc, but to see it in its 719 00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:15,600 Speaker 8: full realization with the bad batch and all that you 720 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:19,239 Speaker 8: did with tech and uh, just the majesty of it. 721 00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:22,360 Speaker 4: It was just truly brilliant. Thank you for everything, everything, 722 00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:25,160 Speaker 4: all of it, and the ride to the airport. Thank you. 723 00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:26,920 Speaker 1: Of course. 724 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:28,840 Speaker 4: By the way, for those of y'all who are listening, 725 00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:32,200 Speaker 4: the ranch that Vanessa's talking about is Skywalker Ranch up 726 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:32,440 Speaker 4: in nor. 727 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:34,839 Speaker 6: I'll trying to figure it out. 728 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:41,000 Speaker 4: And yes, and I'm sorry to report I think I've 729 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:46,600 Speaker 4: told you guys this, but I went back after maybe 730 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,480 Speaker 4: like a year or two after that that time that 731 00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:53,120 Speaker 4: visit when Dee hit the bottle of bourbon and I 732 00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:54,560 Speaker 4: looked forward and it wasn't there. 733 00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:59,759 Speaker 2: So the flower vasion, yes, like a chimneys. 734 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,839 Speaker 6: We've also been enjoying it, so that's true. 735 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:07,320 Speaker 4: That's true. But in my I recall it being very 736 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:09,719 Speaker 4: very like well hidden, which. 737 00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:11,719 Speaker 6: You know, was it was hard. 738 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:13,080 Speaker 2: I tried to do a good job. 739 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,279 Speaker 4: You did. I almost think I might be making this 740 00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:18,839 Speaker 4: up or like romanticizing it, but I feel like you 741 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:23,000 Speaker 4: had found like a brick in the in the fireplace, 742 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,640 Speaker 4: this grand fireplace, there was like a brick that was loose, 743 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:27,040 Speaker 4: and you like took it out and you were like, 744 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:29,279 Speaker 4: I'm going to hide the bourbon inside this and then 745 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,000 Speaker 4: replace the brick. No one will ever find it. And 746 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,400 Speaker 4: then I went back and I looked for it and 747 00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:35,920 Speaker 4: it was gone. 748 00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:41,319 Speaker 6: It's even funner me imagine you trying to like, no, 749 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,920 Speaker 6: I swear we needed goonies. We needed to make like 750 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:45,520 Speaker 6: a little gooney to get at it. 751 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:47,040 Speaker 1: Move. 752 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,759 Speaker 4: Yeah. Well those were That was a good time, good time. 753 00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,520 Speaker 2: That was fun. That that was that was that was wonderful. 754 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:57,040 Speaker 1: It was a it was a feeling of relief for 755 00:40:57,160 --> 00:41:01,279 Speaker 1: me personally that in the New Disney Universe where it's like, oh, 756 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:05,040 Speaker 1: it's going to be actually well marketed and supported with 757 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:09,040 Speaker 1: merchandise and everything else, because Clone Wars, lord knows, was not. 758 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:12,279 Speaker 1: It was kind of the bastard step child that was 759 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:15,680 Speaker 1: that was consigned at nine pm on a Friday night, 760 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:20,239 Speaker 1: you know, on Cartoon Network, which which didn't really want 761 00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:20,680 Speaker 1: to run. 762 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:25,360 Speaker 4: Oh well, I mean Clone Wars not the Rebels could run. Really, 763 00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:29,239 Speaker 4: I mean, we we owe our. I think a lot 764 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,240 Speaker 4: of our success to the fact that Clone Wars existed 765 00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:32,759 Speaker 4: before us. 766 00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:34,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, it all felt connected. 767 00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,279 Speaker 1: And then gradually, of course, once it all kind of 768 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:40,480 Speaker 1: went to streaming and all that that the fans were 769 00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:43,279 Speaker 1: able to fully reconnect and then go back and then 770 00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:46,759 Speaker 1: and then now it's you know, it is what it is. 771 00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:48,960 Speaker 1: I mean, there's a there's a kid that parked my 772 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,640 Speaker 1: car a couple of nights ago. You know, I was 773 00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,719 Speaker 1: just asking them. I don't know how I do it, 774 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:57,279 Speaker 1: but maybe it's just pure vanity. It's like, what do 775 00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:59,440 Speaker 1: you think about Star Wars or or what movies are 776 00:41:59,480 --> 00:41:59,920 Speaker 1: you interested? 777 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:01,120 Speaker 2: What kind of shows you like? 778 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:03,920 Speaker 1: And he starts talking about Star Wars and how much 779 00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:04,840 Speaker 1: he loves Clone Wars. 780 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,920 Speaker 2: You know, it's like, oh, well, I know those guys. 781 00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:13,360 Speaker 4: But do you just start talking as Captain Rex and 782 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:14,160 Speaker 4: see what happens? 783 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:16,759 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you know, it's just that stupid kind of 784 00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:17,400 Speaker 1: show off stuff. 785 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:17,759 Speaker 2: I can do. 786 00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:21,200 Speaker 7: It actually amazed me when we first succorded, when when 787 00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:23,200 Speaker 7: we first met you and Vanessa and know each other 788 00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:26,520 Speaker 7: and work together. But like, I don't know, thinking about 789 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:28,759 Speaker 7: it for me, if I was coming in, I would 790 00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:30,640 Speaker 7: already it would already be daunting to do more than 791 00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,200 Speaker 7: one character, but I would probably be like, can I 792 00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:34,239 Speaker 7: just do it? Passes this character, then it passes this 793 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:37,799 Speaker 7: character you were doing scenes because I also watched that 794 00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:41,200 Speaker 7: third episode of the second season, and I didn't realize 795 00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:44,359 Speaker 7: how back to back it was you if I mean 796 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:46,400 Speaker 7: my memory is correct, you just went through it on 797 00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:48,080 Speaker 7: your own. Yeah, I got it, Like I can, I 798 00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:50,520 Speaker 7: can swap between it. It was like, I mean, you 799 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,400 Speaker 7: were you were just having a conversation with yourself a 800 00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:55,279 Speaker 7: whole time. But it was unbelievable how there was like 801 00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,920 Speaker 7: a nuance to what you were bringing to each character, 802 00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:00,400 Speaker 7: but you were switching in and out of it, Like 803 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:03,120 Speaker 7: I mean, the closest I've seen is this Andrew Scott 804 00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:06,600 Speaker 7: Uncle Vanna thing where he's trying all the characters of 805 00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:09,719 Speaker 7: Uncle Vaughn yea. But he's it's just as soon as 806 00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:11,279 Speaker 7: you want to drop, the others picked up and it's 807 00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,080 Speaker 7: not missing a second and you were doing the same thing, 808 00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,400 Speaker 7: which was it was very cool for me to watch. 809 00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:19,759 Speaker 1: Yeah, thanks, It's it's it's just if you see the 810 00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:24,799 Speaker 1: characters in their full specificity, then it's just like an 811 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:27,640 Speaker 1: old television dial where you just just snap between one 812 00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:30,359 Speaker 1: and the other and they're because they're different people, and 813 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:33,359 Speaker 1: that's that's it's, it's it's it seems more of a 814 00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:37,120 Speaker 1: magic trick with the Clones because they they look more 815 00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:40,359 Speaker 1: similar and they seem more similar visually as opposed to 816 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:42,200 Speaker 1: like the Bad Batch, which you. 817 00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:43,680 Speaker 2: Know they look very different. 818 00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:49,759 Speaker 1: And and so yeah, I mean, my the the thing 819 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,279 Speaker 1: that's that that it hinges upon is that I have 820 00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:54,840 Speaker 1: to see them as different people and they have to 821 00:43:54,840 --> 00:44:00,319 Speaker 1: have a different character, a different tone, a dynamic that 822 00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:03,640 Speaker 1: I can just jump to whatever part of the dynamic 823 00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:10,400 Speaker 1: is talking right now. And it's it's actually a little 824 00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:13,319 Speaker 1: a little more nuanced and trickier with just with with 825 00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:18,640 Speaker 1: clones with REGs as opposed to the Bad Batch, which 826 00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:21,879 Speaker 1: it's actually easier with the Bad Batch because they're they're 827 00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:25,760 Speaker 1: more distinct from each other. It's actually easier to jump there. 828 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,279 Speaker 3: Hey, Potter Bun listeners, John Lee Brody here. So we 829 00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:31,160 Speaker 3: were having such a great, free flowing conversation with D 830 00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:34,839 Speaker 3: that we broke this up into two parts. So tune 831 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:37,719 Speaker 3: in next week for part two of our chat with 832 00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:44,560 Speaker 3: D Bradley Baker. Until then, cue the music. 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